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Skanda Purana 3.1.53.43

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.43

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3.1.53.43

39 atha kapitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam , tatra rāvaṇādirākṣasahananānaṃtaraṃ sarvakapibhi-stīrthaṃ nirmāya snānakaraṇam, kapitīrthasya śrīrāmacandreṇa varapradānam, kapitīrtha-māhātmyaprasaṃgena viśvāmitracaritravarṇanam , tatra brāhmaṇyaprāptaye tapaḥ kurvato viśvā-mitrasya tapovighnārtha samāgatāyā raṃbhāyā viśvāmitraśāpācchilātvaprāptiḥ, śvetamuninā nijopadravārthamāgatāyā rākṣasyā upari tadvidrāvaṇāya śilāyāḥ prakṣepaṇam, tasyāḥ śilāyāstāṃ rākṣasīṃ prahṛtya hatvā kapitīrthe patitāyāstattīrtha-prabhāveṇa punā rambhātvaprāptiḥ, tasyā rākṣasyā api śāpamuktipūrvakaṃ ghṛtācyapsara-stvaprāptiḥ, kīpatīrthaṃmāhātmyam......... ... 73 1

39. Now begins the description of the māhātmya of Kapitīrtha; there, after the slaying of the rākṣasas such as Rāvaṇa, the creation of the sacred ford by all the monkeys and their bathing; the granting of a boon to Kapitīrtha by Śrī Rāmacandra; in connection with the māhātmya of Kapitīrtha, the description of the deeds of Viśvāmitra; there, when Rambhā came to cause obstacles to Viśvāmitra's austerity while he was performing austerity to attain brahminhood, her turning into stone through Viśvāmitra's curse; the sage Śveta hurling that stone at a demoness who came to trouble him, in order to drive her away; that stone, having struck and killed that demoness, fell into Kapitīrtha, and through the power of that sacred ford became Rambhā once again; and that demoness also, freed from her curse, became the apsaras Ghṛtācī; the māhātmya of Kapitīrtha. ... 73 1

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